Acts of Invention: The Afterschool Program as a Site for Building Community

Autor/in	Cole, Kirsten
Titel	Acts of Invention: The Afterschool Program as a Site for Building Community
Quelle	In: Afterschool Matters, (2004) 3, S.24-29 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	After School Programs; Community Development; Child Development; Meetings; Community Involvement; Interpersonal Relationship; Children; Adults; Interpersonal Competence; Intercultural Communication; Social Attitudes; Peer Relationship; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Meeting; Tagung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Peer-Beziehungen
Abstract	Kirsten Cole, the Director of FUN (Family University) Afterschool Program at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus, shares her experience of working with children in an afterschool program where nightly community meetings address topics the children want to discuss. The topics change, but the underlying themes are often the same: issues of respect, and feelings of anger that come from feeling disrespected. The fact that someone has listened and said to them, "The way you were treated was wrong," seems to empower and enliven them. Although the meetings can seem redundant, they allow the children to find their voice, and create a space where they feel that adults support them in expressing their concerns and articulating the kind of world they want to build together. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Wellesley Centers for Women, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. Tel: 781-283-2547; Fax: 781-283-3657; e-mail: niost@wellesley.edu; Web site: http://www.niost.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01